Incessant rains battered Chennai for last few days, creating the worst flood in the history of India. While the rains have subsided and the water logging is slowly receding, the ordeal for Chennaites is far from over.

While actors like Siddharth, RJ Balaji, Madhavan, Dhanush, Rana Daggubati and Jayam Ravi are helping out people by collecting and providing the basic requirements to flood victims, actors like Allu Arjun, Rajinikanth and Mahesh Babu have donated money for the relief work.

In the evening rumours started doing rounds that Shah Rukh Khan has donated a whopping sum of Rs 1 crore to Chennai flood victims. While #SRKDonates1crToChennai was trending on Twitter, everyone was hoping for a official confirmation from the actor. As it turns out to be, SRK has indeed donated Rs 1 crore for Chennai flood victims.

We have stumbled upon the letter which the Dilwale superstar had written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, requesting her to accept his generous contribution. The donation of Rs 1 crore was made by SRK along with his Dilwale team and his production house Red Chillies Entertainment. Here’s the letter which SRK wrote to J Jayalalithaa:

We salute Shah Rukh for his kind gesture. But going by cheap politics played by Amma and her AIADMK government, we can just hope that Tamil Nadu government put that money for actual relief work!

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/confirmed-shah-rukh-khan-and-dilwale-team-donated-rs-1-crore-for-chennai-flood-relief/feed/0Jayalalithaa’s Baahubali reference during Chennai floods is the most disgraceful and insensitive thing you will see today!http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/jayalalithaas-baahubali-reference-during-chennai-floods-is-the-most-disgraceful-and-insensitive-thing-you-will-see-today/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/jayalalithaas-baahubali-reference-during-chennai-floods-is-the-most-disgraceful-and-insensitive-thing-you-will-see-today/#respondSat, 05 Dec 2015 11:09:43 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=635270The banner put up by AIADMK workers trivialises the pain of millions of Chennaites affected by disastrous floods

Chennai didn’t see it coming. No one would have expected that one of the five biggest metropolitan cities of India will turn into an island of sorts.

Incessant rains and severe floods have brought Chennai to stand still. With millions of Chennaites stranded without food, water and electricity, few groups of brave volunteers along with Indian army has been the ray of hope for relief seeking citizens. While the Tamil film industry is doing everything in their power to help the people of Chennai, State governments lack of support has been severely condemned by social media activists.

Now, CM Jayalalithaa and her party AIADMK find themselves in the eye of the storm, after a rather insensitive banner was put up in Tirunelveli. The banner taking reference from SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali, depicts CM Jayalalithaa holding the baby over water (Chennai floods) like the way Ramya Krishnan’s character Sivagami did in the film.

This rather disgusting piece of publicity has got everyone angry as people claim that Amma’s goverment isn’t helping but is busy doing cheap politics. Meanwhile, Jayalalitha aka Amma’s stickers are forcibly pasted on relief food packets, making everyone question how low can one stoop. Looks like Amma might have to pay the price for her insensitive publicity during devastating Chennai floods.

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/jayalalithaas-baahubali-reference-during-chennai-floods-is-the-most-disgraceful-and-insensitive-thing-you-will-see-today/feed/0J Jayalalithaa: From actress to politician to the Chief Minister!http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/j-jayalalithaa-from-actress-to-politician-to-the-chief-minister/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/j-jayalalithaa-from-actress-to-politician-to-the-chief-minister/#respondMon, 11 May 2015 07:59:23 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=507477The story of a reluctant actress who became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu four times…

JJayalalithaa is nothing less than an enigma. Her rise and rise and a steep rise in the corridors of power is stuff made for movies. From a popular film actress to a raging politician, Jayalalithaa could be the perfect case of the survival of the brightest! She did what she felt was right and today, whatever she has won or lost is the consequence of her many choices. With her acquittal from corruption charges today, the lady might return to the office. While you let that news sink in, here is a brief account on how Jayalalithaa’s rise commenced…

Kannada film Chinnada Gombe (1964) marked her debut in the film world. She wanted to study but her actress mother Sandhya insisted that she become an actress.

Her Telugu movie Manushulu Mamathalu made her very famous in South Indian film industry.

Her rising popularity in films saw her taking baby steps in Bollywood as well. She debuted alongside Dharmendra in Izzat (1968).

If her films weren’t making noise, it was her hero worship of her mentor MGR that was gaining much notoriety. There were rumours of their affair, but the actress turned politician used to view him as her mentor only. It didn’t help the cause that they had done as many as 28 films together.

Jayalalithaa was quite the hottie during her heydays. If reports are to be believed, she was perhaps the first woman in Tamil cinema to wear a bikini or short skirts for that matter.

Jayalalithaa’s last film was Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kada (1980), post which her inclinations veered towards politics.

Jayalalithaa claims that it was MGR’s influence which got her to politics. Ramachandran, who was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu then, used to rely on her a lot which became the bone of contention for many in the AIADMK party. She joined it officially in 1982. Thanks to his guidance, she became a propaganda secretary for the party and was selected as its candidate in the by-election for the Tiruchendur Assembly constituency. MGR wanted her presence in the Rajya Sabha as well and so Jayalalithaa was nominated and elected for the house in 1984 which she retained till 1989.

MGR’s death in 1987 divided the AIADMK party into two, with one faction going with MGR’s wife Janki and the other with Jayalalithaa. Janki became the Chief Minister but later the Rajiv Gandhi-led centre dismissed the Janki-led government and imposed President’s rule. In 1989, she successfully contested and was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Thus becoming the first woman opposition leader of the assembly. That led the two factions of AIADMK to get back together with Jayalalithaa in the lead.

In 1991, following Rajiv Gandhi’s death and thanks to her alliance with Congress, Jayalalithaa rose to power as the first female Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, courtesy the sympathy wave. She completed the term till 1996 and came to power three more times.

Dirtetor Shankar’s magnum opus I is getting to release its audio on September 15 and the biggest news is this – Superstar Rajinikanth will be meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger on the occasion. The Hollywood star and politicians will be sharing the stage with namma Rajinikanth at this grand event and the public is keen to know what the two will chat about. Both the actors have played robots on screen and both have been linked with politics.

Shankar who is known to deliver superhits has been working on I for over two years. Actor Vikram has transformed himself for the role and the audience is eager to see the final product. Music director A R Rahman will perform some of the songs at the audio launch as well.

As for Rajinikanth and Arnold who will be sharing the stage, we are sure they will talk films and politics. Arnold is likely to meet the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as well. Perhaps Chitti may even get inspired by The Terminator and step into politics full-time, who knows?

When actor TTV Bhaskaran organised a big bash for the audio launch of his film Thalaivan last month, he wouldn’t have expected to be in trouble with the law soon after.

On Tuesday a Central Crime Branch team arrested Bhaskaran alias Bas, nephew of Sasikala, the infamous aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. He was arrested in connection with a case of cheating a Cuddalore-based woman of Rs 3 lakh in 2003. Bhaskaran had promised her a government teaching job.

The woman who had been cheated had lodged a complaint in 2006, but was threatened by Bhaskaran and his accomplices. She did not pursue the complaint further until her uncle came to know of it and brought it up with Bhaskaran last week. When he was also threatened, he took the matter to the police and Bhaskaran was arrested by the CCB.

Earlier MD of JJTV, Bhaskaran made a late entry into films and plays the lead in Thalaivan, the audio of which was released recently. It was a show of strength with some 1,000 people being transported in buses to the venue, waving banners proclaiming Bas as their leader.

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/thalaivan-actor-ttv-bhaskaran-arrested-for-cheating-woman-of-rs-3-lakh/feed/1Ban on Vishwaroopam lifted in Tamil Naduhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/ban-on-vishwaroopam-lifted-in-tamil-nadu/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/ban-on-vishwaroopam-lifted-in-tamil-nadu/#respondSun, 03 Feb 2013 15:20:30 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=187206A day after Kamal Haasan and Muslim organisations called a truce over the actor-filmmaker’s controversial film “Vishwaroopam”, the ban on the screening of the espionage thriller in Tamil Nadu was revoked Sunday.

“The two-week ban imposed by the district collector has been removed here, paving way to a successful release of the film across Tamil Nadu,” a government source told IANS.

Kamal joined a formal tripartite talks Saturday with Muslim groups to end the ban on his mega-budget multilingual film “Vishwaroopam”. Following the talks in the presence of Tamil Nadu Home Secretary R. Rajagopal, he agreed to edit seven scenes from his film.

“I’ll announce the release date of the film soon. We’ve also withdrawn our written petition and expect the same from the government,” Kamal had said Saturday.

The Rs.95 crore thriller “Vishwaroopam” was set for release in Tamil and Telugu Jan 25, but a day before the release the Tamil Nadu government imposed a two-week ban on it fearing protests by Muslim groups.

The film’s Hindi version released Feb 1 across the country and got positive reviews

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/ban-on-vishwaroopam-lifted-in-tamil-nadu/feed/0Kamal Haasan on Vishwaroopam ban: I’ve arrived at a consensus with my Muslim brothershttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kamal-haasan-on-vishwaroopam-ban-ive-arrived-at-a-consensus-with-my-muslim-brothers/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kamal-haasan-on-vishwaroopam-ban-ive-arrived-at-a-consensus-with-my-muslim-brothers/#respondSat, 02 Feb 2013 19:06:34 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=187174The actor-filmmaker has agreed to edit ‘objectionable’ scenes and the controversial film will release as soon as the Tamil Nadu government withdraws its prohibitory order

After talks with Muslim groups on Saturday, Kamal Haasan has agreed to cut some scenes from his controversial film Vishwaroopam. The film will be released as soon as Tamil Nadu government withdraws its prohibitory order.

“I’ve arrived at a consensus with my Muslim brothers. We’ve agreed to cut some scenes from the film which they found to be objectionable,” Haasan, who produced the film and acted in it, told reporters in Chennai. “I’ll announce the release date of the film soon. We’ve also withdrawn our written petition and expect the same from the government,” he added.

Haasan joined the formal tripartite talks on Saturday with Muslim groups to end the ban on his mega-budget multilingual film Vishwaroopam. The talks, which were scheduled Friday, were called off because Muslim organisations wanted Haasan to be present.

On January 31, Muslim leaders had met Tamil filmmaker Ameer Sultan and Chandra Haasan, Kamal Haasan’s brother and his partner in production company Raj Kamal Films International. “We’ve submitted letters to the government requesting it to oversee talks between Raj Kamal Films International and (Muslim) leaders,” Chandra Haasan said Thursday.

The preliminary talks between both parties Friday were moderated by Tamil Nadu Home Secretary R Rajagopal. Both sides agreed to meet after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said her government would help Haasan release the film if he reaches a pact with the protestors.

The Rs 95-crore espionage thriller was set for release in Tamil and Telugu on January 25, but a day earlier the Tamil Nadu government imposed a two-week ban on it fearing protests by Muslim groups.

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kamal-haasan-on-vishwaroopam-ban-ive-arrived-at-a-consensus-with-my-muslim-brothers/feed/0Sudeep enraged over fake Facebook profilehttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/sudeep-enraged-over-fake-facebook-profile/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/sudeep-enraged-over-fake-facebook-profile/#respondWed, 17 Oct 2012 09:14:09 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=152850Kannada actor Sudeep, who shot to fame in Kollywood with Naan Ee, now finds himself in a spot

A fake profile in his name is on the social networking site and it carries some morphed pictures of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.Seeking to clarify, the actor said in a statement, “A fake and fictitious Facebook account is doing the rounds on the net, carrying some derogatory remarks and pictures in my name.” The actor added: “I’m in no way associated with it. Seems like a deliberate attempt by some miscreants to tarnish my name among the public. Pictures available online and from my tweets have been posted on this fake account to make it look original and to mislead.”

He further said: “I humbly appeal to my fans, friends, people and all film lovers to ignore what ever has been posted on this account. Many actors earlier have gone through this and today it’s me. Such pranks are unwarranted. I request everyone to refrain from such acts.”

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/sudeep-enraged-over-fake-facebook-profile/feed/0Jayalalithaa catches up with Anjali Devi, Saroja Devi, Sukumari over lunchhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/jayalalithaa-catches-up-with-anjali-devi-saroja-devi-sukumari-over-lunch/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/jayalalithaa-catches-up-with-anjali-devi-saroja-devi-sukumari-over-lunch/#respondFri, 31 Aug 2012 12:12:24 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=139436It was a pleasant surprise for some of the yesteryear actors of Tamil cinema on Thursday, when they were invited to lunch with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa

The Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who is herself from the cinema industry, wanted to catch up with her ex-colleagues and hence arranged for the luncheon meet at her Poes Garden residence.Popular actors of the 1960s like Anjali Devi, Sowcar Janaki, Saroja Devi, Rajashree, Jamuna, Sukumari and Sachu were present. Also present at the apolitical reunion were veteran singer P Suseela and actor-dramatist-journalist Cho Ramaswamy.

During the meeting, heaps of delectable nostalgia was served along with the most delicious food in silver dishes. “The spread was huge and the Chief Minister played perfect hostess,” said Sachu.